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Hmmm. An interesting proposal. I'm sure there's some way we can work it in, but we might be stretching the limits of our controllers if we use too many button presses and combinations. Perhaps we should limit the use of enviroment to Django as his signature Style, just like only Nero could Buster? If we're giving him a lariat (aka lasso for all those who don't know what a lariat is) then I don't see an issue with positioning at all: the opening part of the combo would be to rope and draw in a throwable object.

I've actually been thinking, though, that maybe we could introduce a new character. I did mention there should be a female character in this story. I suggested Lady but didn't quite know what I wanted to do with her. So I propose a new female character. I've been calling her "Foxfire" but that's just a placeholder name. Since we're going with a cowboy theme for Django (and by default everything else), I thought maybe she could be part of a secret society, not unlike the Vie die Marli, that hunts demons. They could have a Native American Indian twist to their methods. In particular, they would undergo a ritual and gain a totem animal guardian spirit, which would grant them devil-like powers. I thought that maybe Foxfire's totem would be a fox, or maybe a coyote or raven or some other clever predator, and she would be pursuing Dante for tresspassing or something. But when sh!t hits the fan, she begrudgingly teams up with him, or at least tolerates him and lets him help.

Since the Chameleon machine hides demons from humans, Foxfire might have to rely on her totem to "possess" her in order to see them, or maybe, when you play as her, there's a spirit animal (or multiple spirits) that will point out where to go or what to attack. Or, maybe she wears a magical mask that lets her "see through demon eyes." Or maybe both? There are tons of things we can do with this. Of course, that doesn't mean we can't have Lady in the game, either. Lady could be in this game like Trish was in 4: There, but not really a significant player. Maybe she works primarily to evacuate survivors or something.